dict_dl/en_merriam_webster/x_mw.json

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{
"x":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a graphic device for reproducing the letter x":[],
": a graphic representation of this letter":[],
": a speech counterpart of orthographic x":[],
": an unknown quantity":[],
": of such a nature that admission is denied to persons under a specified age (such as 17)":[
"\u2014 used before the adoption of NC-17"
],
": one designated x especially as the 24th in order or class, or the first in an order or class that includes x, y, and sometimes z":[],
": something shaped like or marked with the letter X":[],
": ten \u2014 see Table of Numbers":[],
": the 24th letter of the English alphabet":[],
": to cancel or obliterate with a series of x 's":[
"\u2014 usually used with out x-ed out the mistake"
],
": to mark with an x":[],
"by":[
"\u2014 used in nonmathematical constructions He drove a 4 x 4 vehicle."
],
"cross":[],
"ex":[],
"experimental":[],
"extra":[],
"times":[
"2 x 3 = 6",
"The picture was enlarged 3 x [=enlarged to three times the original size] ."
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a word that starts with an x",
"a word that starts with x"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1970, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1849, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8eks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192111",
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"adjective",
"noun",
"symbol",
"verb"
]
}
}